THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA 3.15.26
THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA: SAINT PATRICK'S DAY! SAL BALDENEGRO ON THE IRISH-CHICANO NEXUS, THE STORY OF THE SAN PATRICIOS, JALAPENO SODA BREAD RECIPE, RICARDO ROMO ON LATINA WOMEN CELEBRATED AT EL … [Read more...]
POLITICAL SALSA Y MÁS with SAL BALDENEGRO 03.15.24 THE IRISH-CHICANO NEXUS
Irish-Chicano Nexus "I’m gonna wear the green sneakers I wore last year to a St.Pat’s party." Mexican American young man, overheard in a grocery store checkout line. Waiting in line at the … [Read more...]
RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 3.15.26 MUJERES DE FUERZA WOMEN OF STRENGTH EXHIBIT AT CENTRO CULTURAL AZTLAN
This year’s Centro Cultural Aztlan’s Women Exhibit, Las Mujeres de Aztlan: Mujeres de Fuerza–Women of Strength, celebrated International Women’s Month. Curated by artist Terry Ybanez, the … [Read more...]
BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 3.15.26 (ENGLISH) A PRETEXT
Pretext Dreams have an important role in people's lives. Sometimes as premonitions, sometimes cryptic and mysterious, capricious and occasionally the odd nightmare. I'm busy with those dreams … [Read more...]
RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 03.06.26 CRUZ ORTIZ A LATINO ENTREPENEUR
Cruz Ortiz is a prominent San Antonio-based contemporary artist known for his Chicano-Pop style and his social activism through art. He blends personal South Texas experiences with pop culture, … [Read more...]
LE PROFE QUEZADA NOS DICE 3.06.26 DISPELLING A MYTH ABOUT THE ALAMO
Latinopia preamble. The battle of the Alamo is one of the iconic stories in American history and, over time, has grown in asserting the heroic valor of the Alamo defenders. Particularly significant … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA GUETS BLOG DR. RODOLFO TORRES 03.06.26 “IF GALARZA WERE ALIVE TODAY”
Dr. Ernesto Galarza was one of the most significant labor organizer, diplomat, social activist, labor organizer, educator and author of the Twentieth Century. If he were alive today, he … [Read more...]
BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 3.15.26 PRETREXTO
Tienen los sueños una función importante en la vida de las gentes. A veces premonitorios, a veces crípticos y misteriosos, apariciones caprichosas, con una que otra pesadilla. Me ocupan los que sirven … [Read more...]
RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 02.27.26 LATINO ART AT SAN ANTONIO CENTRAL PUBLIC LIBRARY AND CENTRO DE ARTES
Jesús Toro Martinez is part of a new exhibition at the San Antonio Central Library presented in partnership with February 2026 Contemporary Art Month (CAM) and Launch SA. A painter of expressive … [Read more...]
BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO (ENGLISH) 02.27.26 A PERMANENT STATE OF EMERGENCY IN PUERTO RICO
Burundanga from Zocotroco José M. Umpierre Permanent State of Emergency Puerto Rico's electrical system has been diagnosed as a Permanent State of Emergency. The generation and … [Read more...]
BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 02.27.26 ESTADO DE EMERGENCIA
Burundanga de Zocotroco José M. Umpierre Estado de Emergencia Permanente El sistema electrico de Puerto Rico se ha diagnosticado en Estado de Emergencia Permanente. La generación y … [Read more...]
EL PROFE QUEZADA NOS DICE 02.27.26 Celebrating The Lenten Season with Capirotada
Capirotada, the beloved Mexican bread pudding, carries centuries of history in every warm, cinnamon‑soaked bite. Its origins trace back to Spanish colonial times, when cooks blended Old World … [Read more...]
THE ERNESTO GALARZA STORY EPISODE THREE SPIDERS IN THE HOUSE
In this third episode of the Ernesto Galarza Story we learn about his efforts to form the first National Farm Labor Union in the United States and how that effort was undermined by the Bracero … [Read more...]
THE ERNESTO GALARZA STORY EPISODE FOUR A UNION AT LAST!
In this fourth episode of The Ernesto Galarza Story we learn of how Galarza efforts to end the bracero program created conditions for the successful launching of the United Farm Workers Union by Cesar … [Read more...]
BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 2.19.26 (ENGLISH) FROM PUERTO RICO WITH LOVE, BENITO
Since the news broke months ago that Benito Antonio (Bad Bunny) Martinez Ocasio would be in charge of the mid-game entertainment and that the show would take place in Spanish, a controversy arose that … [Read more...]
RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 2.19.26 CHICANO/A ARTISTS EXPAND FRIDA’S LEGACY
The art exhibit, Frida: The Making of an Icon, currently showing at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, has been a spectacular success. Gary Tinterow, Director of the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, … [Read more...]
BURUNDANGA BORICUA 2.19.26 BENITO: DE PUERTO RICO CON AMOR
Burundanga de Zocotroco José M. Umpierre De Puerto Rico con amor: Benito Desde que apareció la noticia meses atrás que Benito Antonio (Bad Bunny) Martinez Ocasio estaría a cargo del … [Read more...]
GUEST BLOG ALFONSO AYALA III ELIMINATION OF MEXICAN AMERICAN STUDIES AND LATINA/O STUDIES
UT Austin's Elimination of Mexican American and Latina/o Studies is a Betrayal of Texas By Alfonso Ayala III, Doctoral Student, Mexican American & Latina/o Studies, The University of Texas at … [Read more...]
POLITICAL SALSA Y MÁS with SALOMON BALDENEGRO 02.14.26 HISTORICAL ROLE REVERSAL
“Children do learn what they live. Then they grow up to live what they've learned.” Dorothy Nolte (1924 – 2005), American poet, writer, and family counselor. Historic role reversal… In … [Read more...]
GUEST BLOG ROGELIO SÁENZ 02.14.26 FASCISM, THE NEW U.S. REALITY
Fascism, the New U.S. Reality by Rogelio Sáenz Many Americans use the term fascism to describe nations headed by rogue dictators. Never here! But, one year into Donald Trump’s second term as … [Read more...]
RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 2.14.26 FRIDA: THE MAKING OF AN ICON
The impressive exhibit Frida: The Making of an Icon at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston traces Frida Kahlo’s posthumous evolution from a relatively unknown Mexican painter to a multifaceted global … [Read more...]